“Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me!”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks…”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“We aim to please Miss Steele”
― Fifty Shades of Grey
― Fifty Shades of Grey
“Oh, fuck the paperwork”
― Fifty Shades of Grey
― Fifty Shades of Grey
“I was born bad, and I have lived bad, and I shall die bad in all probability.”
― Tess of the D'Urbervilles
― Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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